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Minor Poems, including Napoleon

By Bernard Barton. Second Edition, with Additions

Barton, Bernard (1784-1849)

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MINOR POEMS, INCLUDING NAPOLEON.

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TO ELIZA.

TO JOHN BOWRING, ESQ. ON HIS TRANSLATION OF THE RUSSIAN ANTHOLOGY.

TO C. H. TOWNSEND, ON HIS VERSES TO THE SETTING SUN, INCLUDED IN THE VOLUME OF HIS POEMS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

STANZAS ON THE APPROACH OF WINTER.

SONNET, WRITTEN ON THE FIRST LEAF OF A VOLUME OF CHARLES LLOYD'S POETRY.

TO --- ---, ESQ.

TO THE AUTHOR OF “MAY YOU LIKE IT.”

TO MRS. HEMANS.

VERSES ON THE GATEWAY

THE RECANTATION; TO --- ---.

VERSES TO A CHILD TWO YEARS OLD.

DAYS OF DARKNESS.

THE POOL OF BETHESDA.

TO THE MEMORY OF EMMA FULLER.

EARLY RISING AND PRAYER.

THE TWELVE MONTHS OF HUMAN LIFE.

TO A DILATORY CORRESPONDENT.

TO A FRIEND, ON HIS DEPARTURE FOR ROME.

THE WALL-FLOWER.

ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL.

TO THE MEMORY OF THE AUTHOR'S FATHER.

TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM HEY.

ON THE RETURN OF SUMMER BIRDS.

ON A PORTRAIT OF BEATRICE CENCI:

TO A BUTTERFLY.

SMILES AND TEARS.

THE CONCLUSION.

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TO ELIZA.

I would not, love! prefix a name like thine
To verse that dwelt on ills which flow from strife;
That name is one Affection would entwine
Among those lovelier things that sweeten life.
But these, with feelings of fraternal love,
And with an author's mingled hopes and fears,
These I to thee would offer—May they prove
Dear to thy heart for “days of other years!”

B. B.